Epinecidin-1 peptide induces apoptosis which enhances antitumor effects in human leukemia U937 cells

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2365-2373

  Chen, Jyh Yih ^a,b,c   Lin, Wei Ju ^a   Wu, Jen Leih ^a   Her, Guor Mour ^b   Hui, Cho Fat ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epinecidin 1; Lytic peptide; Tumor cell inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; DNA; EPINECIDIN 1; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN U937; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FISH PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; U937 CELLS;

EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES;

EID: 70449627078     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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